Authorities Probe How Homeless Man Caught Fire At Hackensack Train Station

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Two good Samaritans stamped out the flames after a homeless man caught fire at the Essex Street train station in Hackensack overnight Wednesday.

Essex Street station, Hackensack
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Jerry DeMarco

06/07/2017 3:28 p.m.

The victim was medevaced to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with serious injuries.

Authorities were trying to determine whether the man had possibly fallen asleep with a cigarette or purposely ignited the blaze, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbeck told Daily Voice.

No accelerant was found at the scene, a police source told Daily Voice.

An investigation was continuing.

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